PS2 to docking station?

Hi everyone! I wasn't really sure where to put this thread, so moderators, please move it if it is not in an appropriate section!

Well I have a Playstation 2 but I just got the new Nintendo Wii, so I was interested in moving my PS2 away from my main television.
I decided I'd like to connect it to my laptop's docking station and play it on my docking station's monitor. My docking station (an HP Quickdock) has the composite video jacks on it as well as the VGA input where my monitor is plugged in. I figured I would get a picture on my monitor if I just plugged my PS2's composite cables in and turned the docking station on, but to my dismay my monitor is not getting a signal this way. I was told that I need to use a VGA to Composite video adapter and plug it directly into my monitor, but my monitor only had a VGA out, not a VGA in. However, it has a DVI (I think that's right...) in, is this a possibility?

My laptop is a HP Pavilion dv6103nr entertainment notebook with Windows Media Center Edition and a DVD-RW as well as 1.25 GB of DDR2 memory and an 80GB hardrive. Not sure why this matters, but I figured id most as much info as i have.
My docking station is an HP Quickdock: http://www.smb.compaq.com/html/inte...n_HP3D_3d/NBT/quickdock%7C3DCENTRAL|other
And my monitor is a flatpanel Starlogic 17" standard screen LCD: http://www.officemax.com/max/soluti...teID=k17401&mid=&campaign=2SB4P2CV2V2&afsrc=1

I hope someone can help me out with this! Thanks in advance.

 

the svideo is usualy made to go out to tv not come in.

 

Your docking station is made for the video to all be from the laptop to an external monitor or TV. Your monitor seems to have a VGA in, from what the office max page says. This means that it is possible for your to use your PS2 with your monitor, but not easy or cheap. You will need either a TV tuner to play the PS2 on the laptop, then use the external monitor. This is usually not a good solution for video games. The other solution is to get a device that takes the signal from the PS2 and changes it to signal for a VGA monitor. Either way is sloppy, and I would say to avoid either if at all possible.

 

my monitor only has one VGA plug, which is already being used for the monitor itself. sorry, maybe i messed up the IN/OUT thing.
I'm not sure i still completely understand why there's no good solution. How much does a VGA adapter cost and why is it sloppy? What is the best solution and is it not possible to connect the PS2 to my docking station?
Sorry if i seem kind of like an idiot, but hardware stuff is the part of technology im not too keen on.

 

The reason I call these solutions "sloppy" is because you have to buy a device which takes the signal in, processes it, then spits it back out, then the signal has to go to your monitor, be processed, then displayed. Using a TV tuner can create lag in the system, bad news for games. Using a specific device is a pain because you have only one VGA port, and because they are expensive. Use your TV, buy a $10 video selector, but the monitor idea is usually a pain.